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RV 12 as formerly but there are designs that call for shirrings at the waistline of a skirt or tunic and sometimes at the lower edge.

Fig. (10) Organ pleated grosgrain ribbon makes a showy trimming

Plain shirring is formed by gathering the material in parallel rows. (See Fig. 11.)

Fig. (11) Shirring has its place in trimming too

Usually, shirring is reinforced with lawn on the wrong side of the goods. Baste the lawn to the material along the lines of the shirring after the shirring has been drawn up. Machine stitch over the lines of shirring or tack